Trichogramma lopezandinense Sarmiento, 1993

Querino, Ranyse B. & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2019, Annotated checklist and illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from South America, Zootaxa 4656 (2), pp. 201-231 : 211

Trichogramma lopezandinense Sarmiento, 1993

Diagnosis. Forewing with long setae; number of basiconic sensilla reduced; ventral ridge long, exceeding middle of genital capsule; ventral processes present, anterior to base of intervolsellar process.

Comments. Trichogramma lopezandinense is distinguished from other South American species mainly by the long setae of the forewing and the reduced number of basiconic sensilla (formula 1-0-0-1 (0)-1-1). This species is similar to T. bruni ; however, it can be separated by structures of the wings: in T. lopezandinense , the forewing is narrower and the setae of the forewing fringe are considerably longer than in T. bruni . On the hind wing, the setae of the posterior row are longer in T. lopezandinense than in T. bruni . The structures on the genital capsule of T. lopezandinense are also similar to T. bruni (see Querino & Zucchi 2003b).

Type repository. National Taxonomic Collection “Luis Ma. Murillo” (holotype and paratypes), Santafé de Bogotá D.C and Natural History Museum, London (paratypes).

Type locality. Chipaque, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Distribution in South America. Colombia (Andes).

Hosts. Colias dimera Doubleday, 1847 ( Lepidoptera : Pieridae ) on Trifolium repens (white clover), and Copitarsia consueta (Walker) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) on Solanum tuberosum L. (potato) ( Zucchi et al. 2010).